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Asus K401UB, Intel Core i5 6200U, nVidia 940M with Ubuntu 14.x.x was upgraded to 16.04.

The screen lit up:- Ubuntu at your service! Issues include:

  • Wifi does not work
  • Unable to select / enter BIOS
  • Unable to select boot from USB

The computer just goes straight to the Ubuntu home screen after getting turned on!

Wifi doesn't work so I got the laptop connected using LAN cable


GREATE FINALE UPDATE: I would like to say THANK YOU ALL for your patience and support. Finally I have had my laptop working. In fact the windows installation was so tricky as I never thought that setting up windows 7 on newer models would be impossible. Nevertheless, I survived thank to you guys and learned a lesson. Thank you again!

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    I will be happy to help with the wireless. Let's start by identifying the device. Please open a terminal Ctrl+Alt+t and run: lspci -nnk | grep 0280 -A2 The pipe symbol | is on the right side of my US keyboard on the same key with backslash. Edit your question to add the result and we'll proceed.
    – chili555
    Jul 23, 2016 at 12:52
  • I am not sure exactly what you mean by "wifi is just not there", you should elaborate. Regarding boot-repair you can download it and transfer it to your laptop with a usb stick from here: launchpad.net/~yannubuntu/+archive/ubuntu/boot-repair/+packages Then run sudo dpkg -i name-of-package.deb Jul 23, 2016 at 13:16
  • I did download the boot-repair***.tar.gz. Copied it to the ubuntu book, "terminal tar -zxvl" it - the thing extracted Now i got 3 brand new directories which I dont even know what to begin with and become slightly more clueless than how i was 30 seconds ago. I figured i should install it offline. But how this installation works without executable remains kind of mystery to me. I will try your command and see what will happen. Gracias!
    – Vu Tran
    Jul 23, 2016 at 13:20
  • If you had internet access I would suggest posting your hardware: lshw | pastebinit. You can also copy it to a file: lshw > myHardwareConfiguration.txt
    – gatorback
    Jul 23, 2016 at 13:47
  • Obviously I wasnt proud of it and thats why I came here asking for help/answer for the questions. But lets save your criticism for another day since i have kinda exhausted with the laptop already. And I say the bios problem is related to Ubuntu because right before I loaded the machine up with the flashy 16, there was nothing wrong with pressing F1/F2 accessing the BIOS.
    – Vu Tran
    Jul 23, 2016 at 13:51

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Now that you have USB-boot capability and want to re-partition the drive:

1) On a windows laptop, create a bootable rescueStick

2) Boot the rescueStick and use the gParted application to re-partition drives

3) Reboot from Windows USB install disk and install windows

4) Go to fridge and reward yourself with your favorite beverage

If my memory is correct, You should not have to perform steps 1) and 2) because a Windows install stick should allow you to repartition the disk. If my memory is incorrect, then the sure way to re-partition is with the rescueStick.

If your intent is to have a dualboot machine, then this article indicates that Windows should be installed first

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  • Please don't post multiple answers to the same question. Though I expect that your other post is going to be deleted by the mods because it's asking for more information instead of providing an answer. Jul 26, 2016 at 19:06

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